StarCraft 2: Reynor's EPIC PROTOSS vs Serral!

StarCraft 2 professional tournament game between Serral and Reynor. Rather than playing Zerg, Reynor decides to play Protoss in this match. Very impressive game from two of the very best pro gamers in all of SC2.
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[@Jcarroz]

Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Serral lose to a Protoss. Reynor is a true champion! 👏thanks for casting.

[@RavagHer]

its more the map than anything. all those ledges and dead space. the huge amount of area to cover. there us a reason protoss players love this map and zerg players hate it.

[@ObeliskM]

I am sure any protoss could beat serral on this map...@@RavagHer

[@jackmr946]

Reynor: "to beat the enemy, you must think like the enemy"

[@aurith01]

best game of the year and NOT tagged best game of the year?! could possibly be the best game of the year!!

[@zes7215]

wrrr

[@pityprophet1905]

This is really mind boggling to watch Reynor beat Serral in late game PvZ. Truly a phenomenal game. I’d love to see more games like this in the future or other Protoss players adapt these strategies!

[@michaelschmid4039]

The best Protos is a Zerg !!!

[@SirChocula]

Zerg OP confirmed.

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the great cast! ^^

[@user-bb5xp3dv9z]

I've been thinking lately that I haven't seen much of Reynor, then to see him and Serral go at it two days in a row has been a real treat, especially with the switch to Protoss. Also wanted to say that you aced the commentary on this one, Lowko - really well balanced between the strategy of the map pool and race selection, the strategy of the game, and the calling of the action - absolutely spot on mate.

[@Keln02]

I love it when players apply strategies cross-factions

[@mattmadrigali9515]

That was sick. I can't remember Serral ever losing late game ZvP

[@mriconoclast13]

There should be a tournament... random only (all players).

[@narutouzumaki4350]

@lowko I’m not gonna lie, when you said that you already casted it along with a bunch of other nerds.. i laughed harder than i should have lol.

[@caniraistlin]

Reynor's protoss vs maxpax or herO when? :D

[@jonsolo32]

I’d love to see a tournament where all pro players have to play random.

[@duffpotski6861]

Wawawiwaw! I think that kind of play from Reynor could actually be revolutionary for protoss gameplay!

[@Cesard.verdugak]

This was great match. A long time ago you casted a match from a Protoss who played similar to this but lost. I forget who it was, but it made me think that Protoss should play more like Zerg and I think confirmed it.

[@Andre_-lHl-_Carmona]

Serral's match is just incredible, he make the death ball, he make the best cust/efficiency fights and he GGs out when has 150 army supply, more than the opponent. Love it! Details.

[@22Pappagino]

One of the best yet

[@vgrk1]

loving these reyonor vs serral games

[@jacobgirling7739]

Now this game is actually my game of the year, one of the best PvZ matches I've ever seen... Between 2 zerg mains

[@hadenas1]

Just came back to the game after many many year. Did they remove battery overcharge?

[@gergelykilcsu4138]

Is there an option to see the original cast?

[@Klobilob]

Just hit me that the map name is radhuset station.. as in swedish terraced house 😂

[@II-wz1kh]

Reynor just playing zerg with a protoss skin.

[@nrh007vt]

If he already had his nydus available, why not use it to expand to the gold base? Send the queens to spread creep and quickly take the high ground next to it while controlling the tower. I'm probably missing something, but this seems like an obvious strategy I haven't seen yet.

[@dantes4729]

what your missing is that the homestory cup stream had casters that included lowko acknowledging that they only reason reynor went zerg this game is because the map is highly toss favored. He literaly wins this 1 game as toss, loses the next and then stays off toss.

[@bldos5362]

Serral just doesn't give his opponents an extra second when he knows he is likely to lose. no fighting back, It's just gg asap!

[@Netsmile]

Less crazy then Scarlett's toss against DRG, but still legendary

[@soywhitelie2976]

Wow top players should take notes, I mean, out mine a Zerg being protoss is impressive

[@Xojzk12]

He'll of a game

[@bibouxstn8050]

This game is the most impressive one I have seen in last 10 years of watching SC2 ❤

[@Trubripes]

protoss 360 surrounds the zerg in a stunning role reversal.

[@MogryoTheMoogle]

Awesome game. But one interesting thing. You keep saying that Zerg should be trading worse than Terran and Protoss (money wise). But to be honest, I've noticed in your High level player matches, it's always 50/50, who is losing more, Zerg or other race. Maybe just my observation... but it feels the idea Zerg losing more is an outdated thing. Just personal observation...

[@schippes24]

dont want to call you out or sth. but i feel like it's rare to see zerg loose less. especially in ZvT i feel like the trades always go in favor of terran if there are no huge baneling-hits or suicide-walks into a lurker line (and maybe fungal-growths)

[@nenno6748]

love to see serral lose

[@boliveto]

took a zerg player to teach them how to defeat serral as protoss, guess zerg not that op, the protoss players just arent as good xdxd

[@calculatorade]

protoss op needs nerf

[@phlanxsmurf]

That was kind of crazy, guess all the top players should start playing other races to see if their skills transfer favorably. Could be really wild to see.😊

[@Izik09834]

Main issue is the lack of control by protoss at the pro level. Reynor showed how powerful it is when you don’t just all army hotkey and hope the storms kill everything

[@bartomiej9807]

@@Izik09834He also did not fall into "disruptor for the win!" trap :)

[@Izik09834]

@@bartomiej9807 he used oracles most of the game too and the last protoss didn’t, shows the skill gap and they blame it on a race different

[@zes7215]

wrrr

[@conelord1984]

@@Izik09834That is silly. Raynor doesn't have very good results with protoss, compared to top protoss players. He loses more than he wins. This map is good for Protoss and he took advantage of it.

[@FreeKill262]

Never played SC2, but i still love the casts.

[@1389Chopin]

Lol me too

[@slashd0t1]

i only played the campaign lol

[@VibeSeeker88]

Omg same!

[@VibeSeeker88]

Omg same!

[@VibeSeeker88]

Omg same!

[@victorchen5663]

Absolutely insane, Reynor defeating Serral in Serral's best matchup, with Reynor's off-race!

[@YoungbloodEric]

Reynor keeps serral on a 5 base contain by expanding directly outside of his bases.... what a mad man I love him

[@Pleasers]

This is one of the craziest games ever wow how many times has Serral even lost late game PvZ

[@shadowling77777]

Guess it takes a Zerg Protoss to beat the inhuman Serral Zerg lategame xd

[@consolescrub4031]

@@shadowling77777 Reynor using the hybrid powers to win. Amon would be proud.

[@zes7215]

wrr

[@DrMJJr]

Seeing Serral lose warms my heart ♥️ lololololol

[@faine262]

That was cool! Probably one of the most interesting matches I've seen in awhile

[@johnplamann726]

Thank you for recasting this game, this channel is my only touch point with StarCraft 2. Though it's all that I need as you do a perfect job of blending explaining fundamentals of the game, rankings, and current events. I appreciate that you make your casts in YT format verses just reuploading a twitch stream, that's not a slight against those that do it's just my preference. You're top tier Lowko.

[@justinm3117]

Agreed

[@allanshpeley4284]

You should definitely be following PiG.

[@celrak7667]

-/!\SPOILER WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST-The fact that reynor has beaten serral today with protoss when losing yesterday as a Zerg actually smashes my head

[@YoungbloodEric]

The fact that i skipped part of the video to not have yesterdays video spoiled and the first comment i read spoils it actually smashes my head..... XD

[@fallenherosc2410]

The fact that Serral lost a ZvP smashes my head.

[@xxxyyy5080]

P weak was always bs in my opinion (maybe super top level there is a little bit of truth due to P splash beeing its best wepon and you can micro against it). Just look at grandmaster leauge and how many P there are.

[@dantes4729]

@@xxxyyy5080 if you watched the homestory cup stream literally all the casters said that he only went toss because the map is extremely favorable for protoss. They said that even serral expected reynor to pick protoss here.

[@abysswalker3267]

​@@YoungbloodEric prob shouldn't read comments then lol

[@Owlr4ider]

It's so ironic that Reynor had to switch to Protoss in order to beat Serral despite Serral's ZvP being vastly superior to his ZvZ. Still, great job by Reynor for pulling it off.

[@jommsnow]

Serral losing?! To a Protoss?! What a day. Thank you Lowko!!!

[@thephenome1462]

Reynor is an absolute beast. Playing two races at the highest level is insane, though it would be interesting to see him go up against Clem or Maru as Protoss. If he can hold his own in TvP as well, he might become an absolute matchup nightmare in the future.

[@devinwest4374]

Ok this has gotta be game of the year!

[@varoonb6593]

Yep, game of the year confirmed. That was stunning

[@daniel.s.stefanov]

"Terran and Protoss trade more cost efficiently in split map scenarios" - Not necessarily true. Zerg is the only race that has free units - the locusts and the other small bugs of the flying flap-flaps, forgot what they're called. Zerg can wear down T or P without spending a single mineral in the late game. Ask Lucifron, that's how he lost the world finals.

[@TritonTv69420]

Reynor is so damn good at this game.

[@NastyVlocka]

This was amazing game. All respect to Reynor, it really put a smile on my face, that someone won over against such a best player with an off race. Love this style of protoss. Something like MaxPax way of playing made up into perfection.

[@maximesavard-beaudoin560]

WOW game of the year for sure, we in december lol. serral getting beat in a macro and not a cheese/? feels good

[@matteorizzardi3717]

What a win for reynor. True masterclass

[@joshuacrowley8887]

Its so interesting to me how many more workers reynor had than any other protoss player you normally cast.

[@devinwest4374]

Don’t worry Lowko I got my finals done. No longer is it procrastinating!

[@itzmrnick6258]

watching these two juggernauts is so damn entertaining. Im a big serral fan boy and think he is the best player ever, but raynor is making it hard to keep saying. incredible game from both of them

[@Jaguar-lr7jq]

Reynor play better toss than the best toss

[@dubnubgtd8538]

Never played sc2, but absolutely love watching these casts.

[@Kagutsuchi4]

Zerg & Protoss: (Fights with units that have counters) Terran Marines: MY GUNS GO BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@mihairo83]

Another thing I started to see at Pro Level Zerg play is the absence of Banelings. Even though I am currently a Protoss player, I acknowledge that the Baneling had a huge impact on the evolution of the Zerg race in the 25 year old Starcraft. I think that everyone agrees with me that taking away that +5 HP upgrade was a blunder made by the Balance Council, and it should be repaired ASAP. I recently tried early game Adepts in PvZ. It's not even allin. You literally destroy Baneling openers for Zerg. You take the 3rd and the 4th without suffering any harassment and kill the Zerg 3rd at the same time. By the time the Zerg swithes to Roaches or Mutas, it's practically game over. Two rounds of Stalkers warpins are just the cherry on top (if needed). Idk if Serral ever considered Banelings in this match, but it looks like he didn't. Baneling play was already struggling in ZvT before the Balance Council nerfs. So I completely understand Reynor and the other Zergs' complaints. They are absolutely justified. PS: Nerf the damn Widow Mines!!! WTF I was so looking forward to patch 5.0.12, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the outcome. Cyclones? Really? That was the problem that needed urgent solving and reworking? Not the extremely low trade efficiency for Protoss in early game? Many times, you are broke in modgame with 66 workers while the Terrans sit back on 2 base with 30 workers + MULES and pumping units. I like the Hydra buffs. Maybe now they are more useful, not just Lurker eggs. I like the Protoss faster upgrades, the Immortal buff (which I still think is not enough, but it's better). For e.g. 60 army supply of chargelot - Immortal can't kill an undefended Planetary being repaired by SCVs, which is absurd. How can you actually split the Protoss army and at the same time defend 2 Terran drops + 1-2 Libs mineral line harass? Cannons? You have to invest in Cannons? Like why? A Cannon is a Gateway worth. If you have 3 bases 7-8 mins into the game, you expect a Protoss invest 450 minerals in 3 Cannons instead of 3 Gates? That's beyond absurdity. So many agreed that Protoss needs increased vision. Either the Pylon or the Observer vision range. And another thing I don't actually like is the race-favoured maps. I agree that we should have map diversity, I totally like having 9 maps instead of 7, but does it actually show the skill. So Reynor went for Protoss considering that Protoss would be favourite vs Zerg on this particular map, which is odd and interesting at the same time. It's interesting because if it wasn't for this situation, we wouldn't have had the privilege of witnessing this epic game. I just hope this is food for thought. Idk of I'm right and I hope it's not all wrong. About the game, what can I say. 550-600 APM Protoss vs 400-450 APM Zerg and we're talking about Serral. Some of us think he's the GOAT (some of us think that about Maru) and so far he has proven to be the GOAT ar least in EU. The last thing I am obliged to say is why this feedback. Because just as Byun got Reapers nerfed, Serral got Banelings double-nerfed. And the fact that Serral is starting to play without Banelings is a statement in its own IMHO. In conclusion Give the Baneling back the +5 HP upgrade. Thank you for having the patience to read. Best regards.

[@TurTurHamMan]

Absolutely wild. I love this race tech cross-polination, I hope if continues. Anybody else think it's funny that Reynor plays everything except Terran?

[@ozthebeeman]

Proof zerg is weak

[@schippes24]

i really love reynors playstyle here.. of course the map allows it and you cant play it like that on every map, but i love the upgrade heavy style he played here.. it allows him to switch constantly without arriving with sub-optimal units. often protoss goes either ground or golden armada leaving out a vital point of their army line up. as we can see with terran, going from bio to a mech-switch with mixed in bio works out really well, so why not do it with protoss. having 150APM more than the average toss-pro definitly helps as well. i hope some of the toss-players are looking at that and will go "darn, i need to step up my game ASAP"

[@Mike-fl3zx]

Man! I didn't think I'd ever see Raynor make Protoss look overpower againts Serral's Zerg. Maxpax should be the one doing that, not Raynor😂

[@justincox8658]

i'm getting ready to permanently move to rumble. Please come with me. These adds are making nearly every show unwatchable. Not your fault. I know.

[@skipperg4436]

Imagine, what would happen if all SC2 youtubers casted not the same game, but actually different ones? Maybe it would even generate more views because nobody is going to watch the same game 5 times if it is casted by different people?

[@vamsiampolu8438]

At what point do we give SoS the controls and say "take this and make it dirty, like building a nexus in Bunny's base kinda dirty". Also like how Serral kept harassing Reynor and killing his bases over and over to keep him from getting out of control.

[@bellers5086]

1:05 is there a vod somewhere of you casting this? I've looked up Homestory Cup 24 but haven't found anything.

[@wanaan]

The early game "cheese" is what won the day. Protoss is all about doing anything that is unexpected. Once late game rolls around the zerg came back hard when the cheese was running out. Good thing Raynor kept up the lead.

[@Hisu0]

I've been saying that for years and I'll say that again: no matter which faction you play in sc2, if you do it right, you're playing zerg.

[@SimplyDingo]

Tbh I would like to see more from the homestory cup. I can't watch it because I'm working u til the evening and I'm not gonna search for vods 😅

[@SebastianBlix]

Wow, Protoss being played like high level zerg is terriffying. def in the basket for GOTY.

[@justinliebenberg2321]

GG Reynor

[@dustinmcdonald1784]

If you’re going to cast the game before you make a video on it, you shouldn’t talk about what’s going to happen in the future. Like you talked about where the swarm hosts were going to be shooting before he even built the swarm hosts, kinda giving it away

[@randomprobe6470]

Watching Serral playing in blue always confuses me. In my mind, red fits him much better.

[@dariuszhorvath-krol8540]

Fuck Yea! Go Reynor! - As Protoss!😝💪🏻 Great game!

[@86Pwned]

If you've seen anything from these two before, you'll see right away that serral doesn't take this match seriously and lets reynor grow and test his skills as a protoss to the point where he even wins against serral. Entertaining yes, but protoss (as the worst team for a long time) still has no chance against zerg

[@yamilabugattas3895]

While the game was absolutely great, that early gg felt really unsatisfactory. Calling gg with 150 army supply seems unusual to say the least.

[@LuizGuirlani]

Reynor is insane!!

[@marionicolais3024]

I swear that players like Reynor or Scarlett offrace just to prove how very much better they are than us mortals. Period.

[@Moa_Smug]

LOWKO WHAT'S THE TITLE OF THE KZbin LIVESTREAM OF THIS FULL BEST OF 5 OF THIS PARTICULAR MATCH? I WANT TO WATCH IT THIS MATCH IS REALLY EPIC... IT'S IN THIS CHANNEL RIGHT?

[@ggtt2547]

Did they fix the trick that you attack your own spawns with the Brood Lords and thus you double their attack range?

[@squidikka]

Revenge for serral being a bad sport and not responding to reynors friendly "glhf buddy" last game.

[@MathewMartin-gn5wp]

Hilarious. Serral playing Zerg like a Terran and Reynor playing Protoss like a Zerg.

[@jeremyduke4938]

WOW! that was an inredible game. Good to see serral isnt immortal.

[@gunkanjima3408]

Reynor is great but I don’t see the genius in researching air weapons when floating 7k total resources

[@lxdnd]

This game, it made me think protoss players don’t know how protoss should be played and that is the reason they do not hold up to the other races.

[@mtray25]

Who won the series? Should have posted the whole series instead of just a single game from it.

[@Illyrian_Adventures]

Why do you have to talk so much dude, it is really really annoying

[@Clovs-28]

Serral game with a plot twist He doesn't wipe the other guy for once.

[@jack2525mic]

Well he just play protoss like a zerg 😂. Thing is this is new tech none learn to counter yet.

[@지갑텅텅구리]

i wish they bring back mama ship worm hole again

[@ExpertYouTubeCommentator]

where to watch live casting?

[@adrianopatuzzi2771]

Serral is a very great player, but is the Zergs that are too strong.

[@SPQRCJ97]

this this my first time seeing a protoss beat down by playing it like a zerg

[@davidblass9808]

the art in these games are so beautiful to me, thank you-

[@davidblass9808]

especially starcraft series-

[@boblong8149]

Day 1 of me asking for you to make more vids of you playing plz

[@muzzicip530]

i`m such a noob at playing, but i love this game! :D

[@deathezz]

What a match! nice to watch, and here we clearly see Zerg is the better Protoss!

[@Jason-mj1wp]

hard for me to believe serral lost, raynor protoss seem sloppy compared to other pro protoss player

[@dariusgunter5344]

This really was a beautiful game. I also think we will never see pure protoss players do this, reynor plays protoss very zergi, just with a portoss twist a player who primerily plays protoss has a totally different viewpoint and I think mindset which makes it hard to copy reynors Playstyle or adapt it.

[@schippes24]

to be fair, i do understand some of the typical protoss-mindset, but i also think they need to get out of their comfort zone and step up their game. reynor shows that it can be done. of course he is one of the top5 players or so, setting the bar quite high, but still, i think some of his aspects are worth implementing into other pro-toss players roster